WiFi.com Blog

WiFi technology fits very nicely with social networking. With the boom of Web 2.0 companies like MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn the wifi world – the way you connect wirelessly to the Internet – can dramatically open up acess to your friends and family.

Imagine a world where you can share your wifi connections with friends, securely. In return, they share wifi connections with you, trusted networks of wireless access points which allow you to surf the net and network socially anytime, anywhere.

At WiFi.com we are working on bringing together your friends from social networking sites with your wireless Internet connections, perhaps like the one you have at home – or even the coffee shop up the street. Add your friends, allow them to access your recommended access points, and they return the favor. The beauty is no extra hardware is needed!

October 12, 2008.

WiFi is an established wireless Internet technology. It is established because there is a WiFi workgroup which certifies wifi hardware and sets the specifications for every new rendition of the technology. It is important to note WiFi was, and still is, meant for local area netowrking (LAN). To this end, it is not meant to connect you to the Internet at great distances. Most wifi hardware gives you a wireless connection between 100-500 feet (this is an average).

WiFi security, or the lack thereof, is a misnomer. WiFi has a number of security options to help you secure your wireless connection to the Internet. It is true if you do not secure the connection or use the basic security (WEP), the opportunity for nefarious activity may be higher. However, you must consider a wifi connection is a short-range technology and a potential breach by hackers can only be achieved by someone being within range of your wifi hardware. Regardless, if setting up your own wifi network you should consider using WPA or WPA2 for securing the network. In the very least use WEP for basic security and try not to be liberal about who you give the passcode to.

Here at WiFi.com, we are creating an environment in which you can secretly share your WEP passcode with friends on various social networks and your email contact lists. This is one of a number of features we are working on here at WiFi.com – check back often to learn more. Also, check out our support forum.

We have had many inquiries about our public BETA launch over the past few weeks.  We have a private BETA in play right now and based upon the feedback we are receiving it would have been a mistake for us to have launched already.  Like with any development, the process can be slow and issues which arise are often fixed, only to find other issues pop up.

We dont expect to be too far off of a public BETA launch, and those of you who have been inquiring about getting an invitation code will be included once we offer our product to the public.

We can’t set a specific date, but rest assured we will announce the public launch date within the next few days. Also, keep an eye out for new pages at WiFi.com – we recently added our support forum which is a spot for you to ask questions about our product or talk about wifi technology.  There is also a FAQ page for you to view, which will be updated from time to time.

If you have any questions, dont hesitate to shoot over to the support forum.  One of us will be glad to answer!